Making 3D graphics and animation is a real hard work doing it the traditional way, but with Xara 3D, everything is just a piece of cake!
Xara 3D Maker is a program to create 3D text and graphics. It provides a professional and high quality to that image that you are working on.
Now on its 7th version, Xara 3D has some great new animation types and even more bevel styles to experiment with. There are also new controls over X & Y position and viewpoint, a wireframe mode and some essential updating for Win 7.
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What’s New in XARA 3D Maker 7.0?
‘Scroll’ animation type added. Now you can scroll text vertically, horizontally or into and out of the screen, with full control over the speed. Both the scroll and new scroll in & out animations are perfect for movie and video opening titles and closing credits (export as AVI, compatible with any movie software).
‘Scroll in/out’ animation type added. A second new ‘scroll in/out’ animation type, which includes separate control over how the text enters and leaves the screen – so for example it could scroll in slowly from the right, hesitate and then exit quickly upwards!
Integration with MAGIX movie & slideshow products. Xara 3D Maker 7 can export animations with a transparent background in a proprietary format called CFX which can be imported into MAGIX slideshow and movie editing software, Photo story on CD & DVD 9 and Movie Edit Pro 17, which makes 3D Maker the perfect choice for creating overlaid 3D captions for movies or slideshows produced in MAGIX software.
Bevel types added. 7 new bevel types, increasing even further the range of different styles you can create.
‘View options’ panel’. A ‘View options’ panel which gives additional advanced control over the X/Y position of an image against its background, allows you to precisely change the angle of rotation and viewpoint, and offers a new wireframe mode which can simplify the display and speed up animation viewing time.
Save & restore. Automatic save and restore of the current design on program exit and start-up, or on Windows shutdown.
Compatible with Windows 7. Official Win 7compatibility. Also optionally for Windows 7 rarely used fonts are hidden to unclutter the font list.
Easy access to samples. Instant access to over 700 readymade Xara 3D Maker samples via a new Open Samples option in the File menu.
Other software compatibility. You can now cut and paste your 3D images to Microsoft Word and other programs.
With Xara 3D Maker 7.0, it will make a more dramatic yet stylish image that will lift up the presentation of your web page, movie or mail shots. You can even give your desktop an artistic life by creating a personalized animated 3D screensaver in minutes!
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Until next time 
Peter – Your Xara Guide
